The Influence of Man on Animal Life in ScotlandCUP Archive - 550 pages |
Contents
SCOTLAND AS MAN FOUND IT | 6 |
CHAPTER II | 27 |
SHEEP IN SCOTLAND | 35 |
CATTLE IN SCOTLAND | 49 |
THE HORSE IN SCOTLAND | 68 |
SOME LESSER DOMESTICATED ANIMALS | 86 |
CHAPTER III | 108 |
DESTRUCTION FOR FOOD | 138 |
CHAPTER VI | 304 |
EFFECTS OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FOREST UPON | 327 |
CHAPTER VII | 363 |
INCREASE OF ANIMAL LIFE | 387 |
DISPERSAL OF ANIMALS | 397 |
CHAPTER VIII | 417 |
SKULKERS IN DRY FOOD MATERIALS | 434 |
FOUNDLINGS AMONGST FRUIT | 447 |
DESTRUCTION FOR SKINS AND OIL | 155 |
DESTRUCTION OF VERMIN AND PESTS | 176 |
DESTRUCTION FOR SPORT | 184 |
CHAPTER IV | 197 |
PROTECTION OF ANIMALS FOR AESTHETIC REASONS | 229 |
CHAPTER V | 241 |
ANIMALS INTRODUCED FOR THE SAKE OF SPORT | 264 |
ANIMALS INTRODUCED FOR AMENITY | 283 |
CREATURES CONVEYED BY PLANTS AND VEGETABLES | 457 |
TIMBER TRANSPORTEES | 467 |
CHAPTER IX | 479 |
SOME FINAL CONCLUSIONS | 492 |
SOME INDIRECT RESULTS | 498 |
THE RECOIL UPON MAN OF HIS INFLUENCE UPON | 506 |
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The Influence of Man on Animal Life in Scotland: A Study in Faunal Evolution ... James Ritchie No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
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